The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
THE EDITOR'S DESk.
ON TOPICS THAT AR 4
INTERESTING THE PEOPLE.

rhe Chronicle Expresses Is Opinion on
Passing Eublic Events and Questions
at Interest Now Before the People.
is uIs sALTrAToRY Mr. Z. f. NcRae, I
-a. new editor Of the MaNton Union, has .
up i n sgh standard Of journalistic en-
1eavor. and he viii reach it. Fairness, !
~t:ee to all, aud freshness are the quail
- essential to success in Journalism. I
r.tlished among an intelligent people, il
4so~ porous section, we have every reason
is predict that Mr. McRae Will Win the
.ece~> he merits.
TAcr FOR the consideration Of all men,
white aud black: 1t is stated that Of the
= aeo Gee annually raised by taxation,
state ana county. for public and educa
uanal purposes the white people pay s.,
s. coo, aud the negroes only 1928 Geo
ofthe amount paid BY the negro 500, 900
) poll tax and SO, coo property tax. For
the education Of the negroes every year in
North Carolina $3.50, 600 IS expended
double What he pays for all purposes of
government.
TIE Newton Enterprise, announcing that
il would appear Christmas week on a
smaller sheet than usual says. ,,we are sure
eur subscribers Will not object to this ar
rau-ament. for most Of them viii be 50
much under the influence Of excitement
lor something eIse) that they would be
unable to read anyhow, unless they would
hold the paper upside down and then we
are afraid that they would wronsfuily
credit the Enterprise with tie use Of
naughty words.
HARPER MAGAZINE for the first month
lot the new year shows the determination
IF is Editor TO keep that periodical up to
tae highest point Of excellence in every
respect. Among his contributors are vii
}Itm Back. william Dean IIowelIS, Arch
deacon Farrar. Henry Watterson, the Rev.
DR. Van Dyke Theodore Child, Charles
Dudley Warner, J. :. Farrer, -Amelie
aiyes, NJ + N Davis. Nora Perry, and
i ". Avery Harper L Brothers large
corps Of careful cngravers and artists con-
troute excellent specimens of their Haudi-
work for this number
MIR. JOEL MILLER, widower, living near
Hickory. was married las week. Newton
Enterprise
The CHRONICLE can't understand why.
When 4 vidower marries, it IS not thought
necessary TO give the name Of the bride
II is usually the case that the groom IS,
as Toots would say, of no consequence"
at a wedding The bride is THE object Of
attraction. but the Catavba brother turns
the tables ia the case of widower. Per-
hsps lie married a widow and the editor,
mindful Of Sam Weller advice, Beware
of vidders, fears to publish the marriage
in full If 50 be it, the editor will need TO
beware" for the widow, If she have
spirit. will not consent to be ..nameless
here forevermore.
Il ANOTHER COLUMN We publish 2 poem
..The Angel IN the Well" by Rev. James
Chester Rockwell, Of Fair Bluff Our
own Fuller wrote about the Angel in the
Cloud and others have written Of the
Angel in the Marble, but, 50 far as oul
reading has extended, no one, except Mr.
Rockwell, has chosen the Angel II the
NeII as theme LOT P'1in- ~ ~
emooaled III MS verses p oii5 lN'' - ~
connection Ne hott MAJ Nit i''o = " ''i 'i''1
recently been ordained in the full work OF
the gospel ministry IA the Allaa-oi-a'9 bS'P-
tst communion lie IS the youngest u
damned minister lh the olate- perhaps I
the word
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men.